Counselor; Part-Time Faculty Pool Fresno City College

Continuous Recruitment: This posting has been created to establish an applicant pool for part-time faculty positions. Applications will be reviewed by members of the hiring department when vacancies arise.

At Fresno City College, we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

An equity-minded individual is a person who:

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments;
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Providing services at Fresno City College, the Counselor will cover a full range of counseling responsibilities including academic, career, transfer, and personal counseling to a diverse student population. The successful candidate for the Counselor position will be responsible for:

• Providing comprehensive counseling services for students including academic, career, personal, and life transitions counseling on an appointment basis;
• Providing group counseling sessions, orientations, and workshops;
• Assisting students in clarifying their educational goals, selection of courses, and developing Student Educational Plans (SEPs);
• Monitoring student progress through comprehensive electronic data systems;
• Maintaining close working relationships with program and other instructional faculty, feeder high schools, and community resources agencies;
• Working with a diverse population of students to emphasize strategies for educational planning and transfer preparation;
• Utilizing and keeping abreast of advanced counseling methods and student development theories that include integrating technology to support student learning and identification of career objectives;
• Providing counseling services specific to the needs of students on academic probation or disqualification;
• Counseling with a broad range of community college counseling services, including career and educational planning, orientation, transfer, veteran services, student recruitment, and personal counseling;
• Instruction in counseling classes for job preparation, career planning, study skills, transfer preparation, or group dynamics;
• Assignment may also include multimedia classroom presentations and advising, large group presentations, implementing retention strategies, integrating technology into counseling functions, working with students and faculty members and other counselors;
• Participate in the implementation of student success strategies;
• Involvement in committee work and strategic planning efforts;
• Implementation of student learning outcomes;
• Perform other established duties and responsibilities of counselors;
• Assume such other duties as may be assigned by the Dean of Student Services;
• Flexibility as duties may include extended day, evening, and weekend assignments;
• Communicate effectively with students and staff and maintain effective working relationships;
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of faculty as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• Other duties as assigned.

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of…